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Measured drawing and assembly for Proper Variable Radius Sanding Jig

Doug Proper designed a sanding jig that supports variable concave and convex curves, described in the following Loothgroup article: https://loothgroup.com/post-imgcap/the-variable-radius-sander/ I built one and am impressed with how it facilitates preparing bridges, braces and also allows tracing any radius using the chord formula. I made a rough measured drawing and assembly guide to share, with Doug's blessing. First step, ma…

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Ian Davlin
Thank you John !
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Spline Routing Jig

Hey all! First time posting around here, so forgive me if this has been talked through before, but I'm on the hunt for some jig plans for routing splines on headstock repairs. Thanks so much for any help or direction on this!

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Ian Davlin
Mike McConville has a jig for doing that. I think you can buy it here. https://mcconvilleguitars.blogspot.com/